20 facts about nuclear power
10 min readAug 8, 2022
- Nuclear power is one of the ways to produce energy with low carbon emissions into the atmosphere. The amount of CO2 emitted for the production of 1 kilowatt-hour for solar, wind, and water energy is 10–40 grams, and for nuclear energy — 90–140 grams. Although this is more than “zero waste” types of energy production, it is still significantly less than energy produced using oil, gas, or coal (200 for natural gas, 280 for oil, and 340 for coal).
- In total, 450 nuclear installations have been launched in the world at the moment, which generate 11% of the world’s electricity (as of…
